BROCADE SAN PRODUCTS
OVERVIEW
Grigory Nikonov
SAN Systems Engineer
gnikonov@brocade.com
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Brocade ASIC Evolution
16Gb: Condor3 48-port ASIC
Inflight encryption and compression
Diagnostic ports
Error Correction
Optical inter-chassis links (ICLs)
16Gb
8Gb: Condor2 40-port ASIC
Adaptive networking, with QoS
Partitioning for Virtual Fabrics
Integrated FC routing
Copper inter-chassis links (ICLs)
Reduced Latency: 700ns
Innovation
8Gb
4Gb: Condor 32-port ASIC
Exchange-based routing (DPS)
Masterless ISL trunking: 8 ports
Increased virtual channels to 16
Reduced latency: 800ns
4Gb
2Gb: Bloom/Bloom2 8-port ASIC
Frame-based trunking – 4 ports
Increased virtual channels to 8
Hardware reinforced WWN zoning
End-to-end performance monitoring
2Gb
1Gb: Loom 4-port ASIC
Virtual Channels
Non-blocking line-rate
Low latency cut-through switching ~2us
1Gb
1999
2001
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2005
2007
2009
2011
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Brocade 8G SAN Switches and Directors
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Brocade SAN Fabric Solutions
Best-in-class solutions
Brocade Network Advisor
Management
Brocade
HBAs and CNAs
Brocade DCX
Backbones
Brocade
Bladed Server
Switch Modules
Brocade 5300
48, 64, 80 ports
Brocade 5100
8 Gbps
24, 32, 40 ports
Brocade 300
8, 16, 24 ports
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SAN Extension
Solutions
Brocade 8000
FCoE Server I/O
Consolidation Solutions
SAN Encryption
Solutions
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Brocade 16G SAN Platform
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Most Advanced Switching ASIC
Seventh-Generation Condor3
• Unmatched performance
• 16/10/8/4/2 Gbps speed
• EX/E/F/M/―D‖ on any port
• 420 million frames switched per second
• 768 Gbps of bandwidth
• In-flight compression and encryption
• Industry-leading efficiency
• Less than 1 watt/Gbps
• More scalable across distance
• 8000 buffers (four times existing)
• Up to 5,000 km distance at 2 Gbps
• Unmatched investment protection
• Compatible with 30 million existing SAN ports
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Brocade 6510
16 Gbps Fibre Channel Switch
Front View
Back View
• 48×16 Gbps Fibre Channel front-end ports that support 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps
speeds
• 24-port base switch with 12 Ports On Demand (POD) license
• 1U with reversible airflow option SKUs—front-to-back and back-to-front
• Less than 18 inches (443 mm) in depth—accommodates compact cabinet
enclosures
• Dual-power supplies with integrated fans
• Ethernet, console, and USB management ports
• Standard Fibre Channel features: trunking, NPIV, E/F/EX port types, Virtual Fabrics
• Support for in-flight encryption and compression on all ports
• Support for optic/media diagnostic features and real-time power monitoring
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4100 EOSL 31-OCT-2012
Brocade 4100/5100 → Brocade 6510
Superior enhancement to support private cloud environments
• Optimized for virtual environments
• Enhanced for cloud environments
• Simple and easy to deploy and use
• Superior ease of use and flexibility—
EZSwitch Setup, airflow options, Ports on
Demand, smaller footprint (<18 in. deep)
• Performance ToR switch for the
small to medium SAN – 320 Gbps of
aggregate bandwidth
• Breakthrough features: Adaptive
Networking, Integrated Routing,
Virtual Fabrics, Access Gateway
mode
• Pioneer in power efficiency - .28
Watts/Gbps
• Highest performance in 1U form factor—
768 Gbps of aggregate bandwidth
• Enhancements in breakthrough features:
in-flight encryption/compression,
integrated 10 Gbps Fibre Channel
connectivity, D_Port functionality, ―Flex
Connect‖
• Ultimate power efficiency—.14 Watts/Gbps
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Brocade 6505 Entry-level Fibre Channel
Switch
Front View
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Back View
24×16 Gbps Fibre Channel front-end ports that support 2, 4, 8 and 16 Gbps speeds
12-port base switch with 12 Ports On Demand (POD) license
1U with back to front airflow
Single power supply with integrated fans, optional redundant power supply
Less than 18 inches (443 mm) in depth—accommodates compact cabinet enclosures
Ethernet, console, and USB management ports
Standard Fibre Channel features: comparable to Brocade 300
Support for optic/media diagnostic features and real-time power monitoring
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Brocade 200 and Brocade 300 6505
16Gb FC Switch
Planning for the future
• Optimized for virtual environments
• Enhanced for cloud environments
• Simple and easy to deploy and use
• Superior ease of use and flexibility
• Performance ToR switch for the
small
to medium SAN
• Highest performance in 1U form
factor
• 320 Gbps of aggregate bandwidth
• Breakthrough features
• Adaptive Networking, Integrated
Routing,
Virtual Fabrics, Access Gateway mode
• Enhancements in breakthrough
features
• D_Port functionality
• Ultimate power efficiency
• 14 Watts/Gbps
• Pioneer in power efficiency
• 28 Watts/Gbps
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Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone Family
Proven scalability, performance, and reliability
Two backbone models
Brocade DCX 8510-8
• Up to 384 × 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports or
up to 512 × 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports
• Large enterprise fabric core
Brocade DCX 8510-4
• Up to 192 × 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports or
up to 256 × 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports
• Midsize enterprise fabric core
• Large enterprise edge or application engine
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Brocade DCX 8510-8
5 to 7.5X
Performance
Advantage
Large enterprises
• Up to 384 ports at full 16 Gbps speed
• Up to 32 optical Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) ports
• 8.2 Tbps total chassis bandwidth
8 slots
• 6.1 Tbps universal ports
• 2.1 Tbps ICL bandwidth
14U
32 ICL ports
• 512 Gbps bandwidth per slot
• 12-slot vertical card cage
• Two control processor (CP8) blades
• Two core routing (CR16-8) blades
• Eight slots for port and specialty blades
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2 CR Blades
2 CP Blades
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Brocade DCX 8510-4
6 to 14X
Performance
Advantage
Midsize enterprises
• Up to 192 at full 16 Gbps speed
• Up to 16 optical Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) ports
4 slots
• 4.1 Tbps total chassis bandwidth
• 3.1 Tbps universal ports
• 1.0 Tbps ICL bandwidth
• 512 Gbps bandwidth per slot
9U
16 ICL ports
• 8-slot horizontal card cage
• Two control processor (CP8) blades
• Two core routing (CR16-4) blades
• Four slots for port and specialty blades
2 CR Blades
2 CP Blades
9U height includes 8U
chassis height plus 1U
bottom exhaust shelf
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Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones
ICLs
2.1 Tbps (DCX 8510-8)
Switching architecture
1.0 Tbps (DCX 8510-4)
• ―Cut-through‖ frame routing
Core Blade*
• Entire frame does not need to reside
in ASIC before being switched—
minimizing latency
ASIC
ASIC
Core Blade*
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
4.1 Tbps (DCX 8510-8)
2.0 Tbps (DCX 8510-4)
• Frame latency
• 2.1 µsec between ports if crossing
backplane
Passive Backplane
(no active components)
• 700 ns between locally switched ports
• Local switching
• Data traffic within same port group
does not cross backplane
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32-, 48-port blades: two port groups
•
64-port blade: eight port groups
512 Gbps
16 Gbps Port Blade
ASIC
ASIC
512 Gbps
16 Gbps Port Blade
ASIC
ASIC
• Doesn’t consume slot bandwidth
* CR16-8 blade (DCX 8510-8): four ASICs
CR16-4 blade (DCX 8510-4): two ASICs
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Local Switching
(Traffic in same port group doesn’t
consume slot bandwidth)
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Blade Support Matrix
Blade
Brocade
DCX 8510-8
Brocade
DCX 8510-4
FC16-32
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FC16-48
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FC8-16
Brocade
DCX
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FC8-32
FC8-32E blade
FC8-32E blade
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FC8-48
FC8-48E blade
FC8-48E blade
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FC8-64
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FC10-6
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FR4-18i
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FCOE10-24
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FS8-18
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FX8-24
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DCX Control Processor
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CR16-8 Core Switching
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CR16-4 Core Switching
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Scale-Out Optical ICLs
Backbone scalability, performance, and reliability
• Maximizes performance and scalability of SAN fabrics
• Connect up to six chassis (core-edge)
• Each ICL port delivers 64 Gbps (4×16 Gbps) bandwidth
• 32 × ICL ports per Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis
• 16 × ICL ports per Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis
• Up to 2 Tbps ICL bandwidth (four times existing)
8510-8 Core
• Up to 50 m multimode ribbon fiber cables
New core routing
blades with optical ICL
ports
• Minimizes latency between chassis
8510-4 Core
• Lowest-latency switching through the backplane vs. ISLs
• Does not count as a hop for FICON environments
• Maximizes load balancing and availability
• Frame-based trunking is automatically enabled between four ICLs
• DPS distributes exchanges across all frame trunks
• If an ICL fails, traffic automatically flows over the remaining ICLs
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New ICL optics
QSFP (4×16 Gbps)
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OPTICS
16G – SFP+ SWL
16G – QSFP and Cable
• 16G – SFP+
• SWL and LWL (Blue Pull Tab)
• Pull Tab – Feature
• Supports E-wrap and O-wrap
• Power on Hours/Time
• Have built in CDR for 16G speed
• Brocade Branded
• 16G – QSFP
• 4 16G ports in one module
• Brocade Branded
• 10G FC – SFP+
• SWL and LWL – Operates at 10G
– FC speed
• Brocade Branded
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Integrated 10G Ethernet Compatible SAN
extension for Metro WAN Applications
FOS v7.0 & 16G Condor3 ASIC
• Low-cost, highly reliable SAN extension for the Branch Data Center
• FC frames transmitted at 10 Gbps using Ethernet modulation
• Suitable for less than 100KM, low latency (5ms) application
• 10GFC SWL SFP+ & 10GFC LWL 10km SFP+ qualified
• Support for Brocade branded optics only !
DWDM
w/10GE
• Optional 10GFC license needed
DWDM w/
10GE
16 Gbps
MAN
10G FC solution
16 Gbps
We’re working on various DWDM vendors to test the interoperability
ADVA and Ciena DWDMs are tested with Condor3 10G speed
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ISL In-flight Compression
C3 based Link
(16G/10Gb)
On-Premise
Cloud
•
Compressed ISL
Off-Premise
Cloud
In-flight Compression to drive up link utilization (& reduce per Gb cost)
• 2:1 Ratio; Algorithm McLZO
• 128Gbps of in-flight compression BW on E-Ports in 16Gb blade
• Can be distributed over optics of various speed
• It is recommended to double the number of buffers
• 4 ports per ASIC (64Gbps), 8 ports per 16G port blade
• Disk or tape traffic gets compressed on ISL and gets uncompressed at the
receiving switch
• Requires no license and can be used in conjunction with in-flight encryption
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ISL In-flight Encryption
C3 based Link
(16G/10Gb)
On-Premise
Cloud
In-flight Encryption
Off-Premise
Cloud
• In-flight Encryption of disk & tape data during replication
• Algorithm AES-GCM ECB mode using 256 bit encryption key
• 64Gbps of in-flight encryption BW on E-Ports in 16Gb blade
• Switch-to-switch encryption, not device encryption
• Keys don’t expire as long as the link stays active
• New set of keys enabled upon port disable/enable
• Port level authentication must be enabled before enabling encryption
• Both are offered as part of base 16Gb blade offering without any license
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Diagnostic port
D_Port: Advanced Diagnostics for Brocade 16G SFP+
• D_Port is meant to diagnose optics and cables
• Provides the following capabilities:
• D_Port is a new port type, configured by the
user to run diagnostics
• Does not carry any FC control or data traffic
• Supported only on ISL ports (E_Ports) configured
as D_Ports (ICL support in future release)
TX
RX
C3 ASIC
TX
• Performs electrical loopback
• Performs optical loopback
• Measures link distance
• Performs link saturation test
RX
16G SFP+
RX
TX
TX
RX
16G SFP+
RX
TX
RX
C3 ASIC
TX
Electrical Loopback
Optical Loopback
Link distance/saturation
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Introduction to D-Port
How to view D-Port test results?
• Use the CLI portdporttest --show <port>
switch_100:FID100:root> portdporttest --show 42
D-Port Information:
===================
Port:
42
Remote WWNN:
10:00:00:05:33:13:2f:b4
Remote port:
26
Mode:
Automatic
Start time:
Wed Feb 2 01:41:35 2011
End time:
Wed Feb 2 01:43:23 2011
Status:
PASS
================================================================================
Test
Start time
Result
EST(secs)
Comments
================================================================================
Electrical loopback
01:42:12
PASS
----------Optical loopback
01:43:10
PASS
----------Link traffic test
01:43:17
PASS
----------================================================================================
Roundtrip link latency:
1108 nano-seconds
Estimated cable distance:
20 meters
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The Brocade Advantage
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Performance Advantage
Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones vs. Cisco MDS
8.2 Tbps
Brocade DCX 8510
Backbones deliver
7X more bandwidth
4.1 Tbps
1.1 Tbps
DCX 8510-8
9513
Bandwidth
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0.6 Tbps
DCX 8510-4 9509
Bandwidth
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Energy-Efficiency Advantage
Brocade DCX Backbones vs. Cisco MDS
4.8
Brocade DCX
Backbones are
10 to 16X more
energy efficient
3.1
0.3
0.3
DCX 8510-8
9513
DCX 8510-4
watts/Gbps
9509
watts/Gbps
Lower is better
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Energy Efficiency: Going Green
Brocade
DCX 8510-8
Brocade
DCX 8510-4
Brocade
DCX
Cisco*
MDS 9513
Cisco*
MDS 9506
(384p×16 Gbps)
(192p×16 Gbps)
(384p×8 Gbps)
(384p×8 Gbps)
(192p×8 Gbps)
Watts
2117
1154
1265
3521
1551
Cooling (BTU/hr)
7227
3940
4317
12,017
5293
Watts/Wire Speed
Port
5.5
6
4.9
40
48.5
Watts/Gbps
0.3
.3
.3
3.1
4.8
CO2 Emissions/yr
metric tons
7.8
4.3
4.7
12.95
5.7
Try the Power Consumption Calculator at www.brocade.com/power
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Brocade DCX 8510-8
Improvements and advantages across the board
Brocade
Brocade
Cisco
DCX 8510-8
DCX
9513
Total Bandwidth
Including ICLs
8.2 Tbps
4.6 Tbps
1.1 Tbps
7.5X more bandwidth
Total Line-Rate
Ports with Local
Switching
384 (16 Gbps ports)
0 (16 Gbps ports)
0 (16 Gbps ports)
512 (8 Gbps ports)
512 (8 Gbps ports)
88 (8 Gbps ports)
Brocade drives the
highest density line-rate
performance at any
speed
Max. Port Speed
16 Gbps
8 Gbps
8 Gbps
Leads the industry
Slot Bandwidth
512 Gbps
256 Gbps
102 Gbps
5X more bandwidth
Maximum
Oversubscription
2:1,
no oversubscription
with local switching
2:1,
no oversubscription
with local switching
~4:1 for port
group and slot-toslot
Lowest oversubscription
and the only provider of
local switching
ICL Bandwidth
2 Tbps
512 Gbps
N/A, consumes
8 Gbps ports for
ISLs
75% fewer ISL cables;
preserves 33% of ports
for servers and storage
Energy Efficiency
0.3 watts/Gbps
0.3 watts/Gbps
3.1 watts/Gbps
10X more efficient
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Brocade DCX 8510-4
Improvements and advantages across the board
Brocade
Brocade
Cisco
DCX 8510-4
DCX-4S
9506
Total Bandwidth
Including ICLs
4.1 Tbps
2.3 Tbps
.3 Tbps
14X more bandwidth
Total Line-Rate
Ports with Local
Switching
192 (16 Gbps ports)
0 (16 Gbps ports)
0 (16 Gbps ports)
256 (8 Gbps ports)
256 (8 Gbps ports)
32 (8 Gbps ports)
Brocade drives the
highest density line-rate
performance at any
speed
Max. Port Speed
16 Gbps
8 Gbps
8 Gbps
Leads the industry
Slot Bandwidth
512 Gbps
256 Gbps
80 Gbps
6X more bandwidth
Maximum
Oversubscription
2:1,
no oversubscription
with local switching
2:1,
no oversubscription
with local switching
~4:1 for port
group and ~5:1
slot-to-slot
Lowest oversubscription
and the only provider of
local switching
ICL Bandwidth
1 Tbps
256 Gbps
N/A, consumes
8 Gbps ports for
ISLs
75% fewer ISL cables;
preserves 33% of ports
for servers and storage
Energy Efficiency
0.3 watts/Gbps
0.4 watts/Gbps
4.8 watts/Gbps
16X more efficient
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Server Connectivity Update
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Adapters & Protocol Usage
Cloud Computing & Traditional Data Centers
FC HBA
Ethernet NIC
LAN
FCOE Storage
Arrays
FC Storage
Arrays
FC ISL
FC SAN
FC Storage
Arrays
Tape
Libraries
FCoE
SAN
iSCSI Adapter
FCoE CNA
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September 2010
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Next Generation
Adapters for the Cloud
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Next Generation Brocade Adapter
Coming mid-2011
Brocade 1860
16Gb Fibre Channel, 10Gb Ethernet NIC, FCoE,
and iSCSI DCB simultaneously in one adapter
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Brocade 1860 Highlights
• True multipurpose I/O adapter
• 16/8/4 Gbps Fibre Channel, 10/1 GbE DCB with Wake on LAN
• Dual Mode: Field configurable FC or Ethernet per port on demand
• Multiprotocol convergence
• FC/FCoE hardware offload, iSCSI DCB, Enterprise NIC offload
• Application aware network services
• SR-IOV with 16 Physical Functions and 256 Virtual Functions
• SAN: N-port Trunking, In-flight encryption hardware engine, SAO VM
QoS, per VM FC-SP
• LAN: VALink, VCS IOV, VCS MCT
• Fully integrated virtual switching
• VEB/VEPA L2 Hardware Offload
• Integrated management of virtual and physical switching
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Learn more at
www.brocade.com
www.brocade.ru
Thank You
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Brocade 300
 Entry-level switch for SMBs
 Single, fixed power supply
 Top-of-rack server connectivity
 Frame-based ISL Trunking
 8, 16, or 24 Fibre Channel Ports
 Access Gateway Mode
 Ports-on-Demand expansion
 Adaptive Networking
 8 and 4 Gb/s SFPs
 192 Gb/s switch bandwidth
 EZSwitchSetup Wizard & DCFM
Professional Included
 0.30 Watts per Gb of Bandwidth
 Microsoft Simple SAN Certified
 972 km max. extended fabric distance
(484 unreserved BB credits)
 USB Port for Upgrades and Diagnostic
Download
Front
Pull-out
ID Card
Serial
Port
Ethernet
Port
USB
Port
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Back
Fibre Channel
Ports
Power
Rear Exhaust
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Brocade 5100
 Industry leading 1U switch
 Designed for mission-critical
environments
 24, 32, or 40 Fibre Channel Ports
 Ports-on-Demand expansion
 8 and 4 Gb/s SFPs
 320 Gb/s switch bandwidth
 0.28 Watts per Gb of Bandwidth
 3388 km max. extended fabric distance
(1692 unreserved BB credits)
 Dual, hot-swap integrated power
supply/fan units
 Frame-based ISL Trunking
 Access Gateway mode
 Adaptive Networking, Virtual Fabrics,
Integrated Fibre Channel Routing
 FICON Support
 EZSwitchSetup Wizard & DCFM
Professional Included
 USB Port for Upgrades and Diagnostic
Download
Front
Pull-out
ID Card
Serial
Port
Ethernet
Port
USB
Port
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Back
Fibre Channel
Ports
Power
Switch
Power
Dual Hot-swappable Power
and Fan Units
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Brocade 5300
 Dual, hot-swap power supplies
 Highest density switch
 Three hot-swap fan units
 Designed for consolidation
 Frame-based ISL Trunking
 48, 64, or 80 Fibre Channel Ports
 Ports-on-Demand expansion
 Adaptive Networking, Virtual Fabrics
Integrated Fibre Channel Routing
 8 and 4 Gb/s SFPs
 FICON Support
 640 Gb/s switch bandwidth
 EZSwitchSetup Wizard & DCFM
Professional Included
 0.43 Watts per Gb of Bandwidth
 588 km max. extended fabric distance
(292 unreserved BB credits)
Front
Pull-out
ID Card
Serial
Port
Ethernet
Port
USB
Port
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Fibre Channel
Ports
 Microsoft Simple SAN Certified
 USB Port for Upgrades and Diagnostic
Download
Back
Power
Power
Switch
Hot-swappable
Fans
Hot-swappable
Power Supplies
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The Brocade DCX Backbone Family
Class leading network infrastructure for the Data Center Fabric
• Brocade DCX
• Up to 512 FC/FICON ports
• Large enterprise core
• Brocade DCX-4S
• Up to 256 FC/FICON ports
• Midsize enterprise core
• Large enterprise edge or
application engine
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Brocade DCX Model
Eight slots for Port &
Specialty Blades
• 12-slot vertical card cage
• Two Active/Passive Control Processor (CP)
Blades
• Two Active/Active Core Switching (CR) Blades
14U
• DCX can operate with one CR blade at ½ slot
bandwidth
• Each CR blade has two special ICL ports
(4) ICL ports
• Up to 512 ports at full 8Gb speed
• 3.072 Tbit/sec* Chassis Bandwidth
• 256 Gbit/sec bandwidth per slot
(2) CR Blades
• 1.5:1 oversubscribed; 1:1 w/ local switching
(2) CP Blades
*Based on data rate
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DCX Backbones
ICLs
512 (DCX) or 256 (DCX-4S)
Gbit/sec
Switching architecture
– ―Cut-through‖ frame routing
• Entire frame does not need to reside
Core Blade*
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
Core Blade*
ASIC
ASIC
in ASIC before being switched—
minimizing latency
– Local switching
• Data traffic within same port group
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
ASIC
2048 (DCX) or
1024 (DCX-4S)
Gbit/sec
Passive Backplane
(no active components)
does not cross backplane
 16-port blade: 1 port group
 32-, 48-port blades: 2 port groups
• Doesn’t consume slot bandwidth
• Unique to B-series
– Frame latency
• 2.1 µsec between ports if crossing
256 Gbit/sec
8Gb Port Blade
8Gb Port Blade
ASIC
ASIC
backplane
•
700 ns between locally switched ports * CR8 blade (DCX): four ASICs
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256 Gbit/sec
CR4S-8 blade (DC-4S): two ASICs
ASIC
ASIC
Local Switching
(traffic in same port group doesn’t
consume slot bandwidth)
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Brocade DCX-4S Model
Four Slots for
Port & Specialty
Blades
• 8-slot horizontal card cage
• Two Active/Passive Control Processor
(CP) Blades (same as DCX Model)
• Two Active/Active Core Switching
(CR) Blades
9U
• DCX can operate with one CR blade at
½ slot bandwidth
• Each CR blade has two ICL ports
• Up to 256 ports at full 8Gb speed
ICL ports
• 1.536 Tbit/sec* chassis bandwidth
CR Blades
• 256 Gbit/sec per slot plus local switching
• 1.5:1 oversubscribed; 1:1 w/ local switching
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CP Blades
9U height includes 8U
chassis height plus 1U
bottom exhaust shelf
*Based on data rate
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Inter-Chassis Links (ICLs)
Scalability at the core
Brocade DCX
• High-performance ports for
connecting up to three Brocade DCX
Backbones
• Four copper ICL ports per chassis
• Preserves E_Ports for server,
storage, or switch connections
ICL ports
• Brocade DCX: up to 64 8 Gbps E_Ports
per chassis
• Brocade DCX-4S: up to 32 8 Gbps
E_Ports per chassis
2-meter ICL cable
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ICLs – Scalability at Core
Dual-chassis configuration
1024
ports
• DCX model
– 1024 universal FC ports; 2 domains
– 6.144 Tbit/sec of aggregate bandwidth
– ICLs preserve up to 64 8Gb E_ports per chassis
for server/storage/switch connections
 DCX-4S model
512
ports
– 512 universal FC ports; 2 domains
– 3.072 Tbit/sec of aggregate bandwidth
– Preserve up to 32 8Gb E_ports/chassis
ICL Mockup
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Backbone Topologies with ICLs
Multichassis configurations
Two backbones connected through ICLs (Fabric OS 6.0.x +)
768 ports
512 ports
1024 ports
Three backbones connected through ICLs (Fabric OS 6.3.x +, open systems)
768 ports
1024 ports
1280 ports
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Refer to Hardware Guide for
Specific Connection Points
1536 ports
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Energy Efficiency - Going Green
Brocade
DCX
Brocade
DCX-4S
Brocade
48000
Cisco*
MDS 9509
Cisco*
MDS 9513
(384p x 8Gb)
(192p x 8Gb)
(384p x 4Gb)
(192p x 8Gb)
(384p x 8Gb)
Watts
1,337
753
1,030
2,998
4,499
Cooling (BTU/hr)
4,563
2,570
3,515
10,232
15,355
Watts/Port
3.5
3.9
2.7
15.6
11.7
Watts/Gbit/sec
0.44
0.49
0.67
5.04
4.00
CO2 Emissions/yr
metric tons
4.6
2.8
3.8
11.0
16.5
Try the Power Consumption Calculator at www.brocade.com/power
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Brocade FX8-24 and Brocade 7800
Next-generation extension platforms
• Best-in-class Fibre Channel and FCIP port density, bandwidth, and
throughput for today’s dynamic workload requirements and
tomorrow’s next-generation data centers
• Brocade FX8-24 Extension Blade for Brocade DCX Backbones
• Twelve 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, ten 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, and two
optional 10 GbE ports
• The industry’s first and only 10 GbE FCIP SAN extension solution
• The highest bandwidth FCIP extension blade at 20 Gbps
• 10x FCIP bandwidth (20 Gbps) vs. legacy products (2 Gbps)
Brocade FX8-24
Extension Blade for
Brocade DCX
• 10x FCIP tunnel bandwidth (10 Gbps) vs. the competition (1 Gbps)
• Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
• Brocade 7800 16/6: sixteen 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and six 1 GbE ports
• Brocade 7800 4/2: four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and two 1 GbE ports
• The highest bandwidth FCIP extension switch at 6 Gbps
Brocade 7800 Extension
Switch
• 3x FCIP bandwidth (6 Gbps) vs. legacy products (2 Gbps)
• 4x FCIP tunnel bandwidth (4 Gbps) vs. the competition (1 Gbps)
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